El Flaco

I think we mainly agree. Nostr CEOs are lower value targets compared to platform CEOs. But govs could still come after them for ✨️ reasons.
It's silly to expect a protocol to fix arbitrary arrests.

2024-08-28 01:25:01

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He's correct, nostr doesn't fix CEOs getting arrested. But his point is also moot because targeting CEOs of nostr apps, even of big ones, will never have the disruptive return for governments that the arrest of a centralized platform's CEO has, mostly because switching costs are close to zero for nostr users, while there is no switching option for telegram users.

2024-08-27 20:12:04

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The information we have about both historic cases is second-hand. On top of that, history is written by the victors and there is a good amount of nuance lost over time, as your example of Father Coughlin demonstrates: barely anyone knows today that there was factions in the US supporting Germany, and that's mostly because it didn't fit the narrative that the US wanted to establish in the history books.
Secondly, we cannot epistemologically know if deplatforming Coughlin or the Hutu radio saved lives. It's even possible that shutting down the Hutu radio could have inadvertently silenced moderate Hutu voices that might have offered alternative perspectives or advocated for peace that could have changed the dynamics of the genocide.
My point is it is impossible to attribute positive consequences to the restriction of speech, but the negative consequences of restriction of speech are always self-evident.

2024-08-27 14:59:08

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I am with you on your position that violence and genocide is bad and I wouldn't give them a platform either, but historical cases aside, do you believe we should have protocols that allow for censorship-resistant and deplatforming-resistant public communications?

2024-08-27 12:50:22

If we're not saying "it was a bad thing to deplatform him" — what are we even doing here? @nprofile…uay6
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxIgWQcI4u3mIMMXBspuOSoyxjt83vxHF8?si=ABlpO0KIxWRyLb0g

2024-08-26 23:37:50

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Hello #figstr https://image.nostr.build/a31ddb8ea7928e7309b010a3c870f8900ada79efae8c59aa2d5d3df1a6201fe2.jpg

2024-08-26 23:26:24

Fig season is the best season https://image.nostr.build/77b4dd88ffc33d82838d39cdaf386e06125ba6dc243c2781b3168498a7e728f3.jpg

2024-08-26 23:20:00

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Nvm, found it. Small UX bug there.
Hitting the "settings" button should always lead to main settings page imho, but when you go into mint config, then switch to wallet, switch back to settings, it brings me to mint config instead of settings main page.

2024-08-26 23:13:29

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Here? Or somewhere else? I can't find it. https://image.nostr.build/7d303e538c88dc795d170da7f1d25990363d2b5a9337627c87ceccdcf4ca8133.jpg

2024-08-26 22:56:51

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I must've skipped all of that in the onboarding and now I can't find it any more. @nprofile…l3vp heeelp

2024-08-26 22:43:12

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Is there a way to backup?

2024-08-26 22:37:26

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10/10

2024-08-26 22:28:10

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No they're using XMPP only.

2024-08-26 22:14:07

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They've been saying "open source soon" for two years now. My privacy sensitive friends won't touch it until they can verify, and I can see why. Open source is prerequisite for Don't trust, verify.
https://image.nostr.build/02cf19d8844177d81489a9a4a0d63cb4c98c04afbf47a6b4536b2908ab17d4c5.jpg

2024-08-26 22:06:50

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Thanks! Works nicely and good notifications. 🎉 https://image.nostr.build/e1236a0658b4185b1e72bd4134d5cc5826ab3cfce45bef1220fdcb89acbfaa94.jpg

2024-08-26 21:56:22

Someone zap me please, testing minibits ln address

2024-08-26 21:54:23

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That's really really cool because other devs can build on that stack, but if the keet app is not open source, it could as well be spyware because we can't verify if it does what it says it does.

2024-08-26 21:38:30

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Neither desktop nor mobile apps are open source. We have no idea what is happening. It's just trust us.

2024-08-14 02:24:48

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No need to beg them to merge your contributions.
If it were open source, you could just fork it, modify it and distribute your modded version.

2024-08-14 02:20:57

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They're using Commons Clause iirc, so not open source by any definition.
Even if it was open source, it wouldn't mean they have to accept contributions.

2024-08-14 02:17:13

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You can drop the "really". Commons Clause is not open source.

2024-08-14 02:09:34

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Can't have episodes without prologue

2024-08-14 01:46:38

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Everything everywhere all at once
Dune 1+2

2024-08-10 01:17:32

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🧡

2024-07-14 00:03:21

Germany sold all their bitcoin - how it went down
https://m.primal.net/JPkt.mp4

2024-06-08 00:35:56

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Take a wild guess

2024-06-08 00:32:46

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Phew :)

2024-06-08 00:01:23

2.5 years ago I shared a LNURL with sats on nostr and it took 10h 49 mins for it to be redeemed by anon
#nevent1q…5dha
it's been almost 24h and these sats are still not claimed... 🤔
#note1a25…7kcc

2024-06-07 00:41:17

https://m.primal.net/IbNY.jpg

2024-05-14 12:13:25

I grew up with everything at my disposal thanks to my hardworking mother and father who were always there for me.
It wasn't, however, until I visited this township in Mossel Bay earlier this year that I could really appreciate how privileged I grew up.
And it wasn't until I could see and smell the precarious living conditions for myself that I could appreciate the dedication of the Bitcoin Ekasi team to human solidarity. I'm deeply grateful we have angels like them and euphoric that they are armed with BITCOIN, the foremost tool for human empowerment.
Humbled that @npub13lj…cfhw is a tool in their arsenal. 🧡🙏
#note1khg…6mgy

2024-05-14 11:52:21

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Thank you! It's a great honour and motivation for the team that the software we work on daily supports your mission to empower the township with bitcoin. 🧡

2024-05-02 16:02:43

F
Did you nuke X account @npub1der…xzpc ?
Wish it didn't mean deletion of tweet history, so many illuminating threads and convos lost 😪

2024-05-02 15:56:53

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Because they will be blocked by blink with other means. The team would appreciate if US users did not try to circumvent the team's decision to exclude US users.

2024-04-29 00:29:46

US users are not welcome. Downloading apk won't work.
#note15ly…8xv2

2024-04-29 00:28:46

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US users are not welcome, they can download apk but it will be useless.

2024-04-25 11:33:23

buy bitcoin p2p
spend bitcoin p2p
use Lightning, stay off-chain
there is no technical solution to a social problem
that's why circular economies are so important
oh, and payjoin adoption in wallets would help more than people realize
https://ideasarelikeflames.com/2021/05/28/intrusive-regulatory-attention-on-bitcoin-and-privacy-enhancing-techniques-to-counter/
#note1n5t…d0cm

2024-04-10 01:50:19

came to nostr to tell you bitches that your gossip is so loud we can hear it on Twitter.

2024-01-05 22:32:43

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Call it whatever you want. As long as people's obligations are denominated in USD or other fiat, holding bitcoin only will cause problems for people because of the mismatch: You owe USD - you hold BTC. Stablesats fixes this.

2024-01-05 00:50:52

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This is it 💯

2024-01-05 00:49:11

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🫂

2024-01-05 00:48:05

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I would call it being upfront and direct about the tradeoff that is made: convenience and ease-of-use for sovereignty and full control.
The alternatives are either being technical and running a server yourself or going through extensive KYC and then using closed source services where you pay a % of your revenue as fees.
Blink X BTCPay is offering merchants a middleground with a reliable service on open source software and just a phone number for registration, no fees for Intraledger / Lightning payments and 0.2% spread for Stablesats conversion. I'm hopeful this reduces a lot of friction for using BTCPay tools and will make bitcoin payments in (e-)commerce a lot more accessible. We'll see.

2023-08-13 23:21:28

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Liife's so much easier when you're honest

2023-08-13 23:18:41

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New one's tough!
Wordle Türkçe 786 6/6
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https://wordleturkce.bundle.app/

2023-08-13 23:15:49

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That's not a great starting word because:
It has the same vowel twice
P, Z, R are not very common consonants
Try starting with "Selam" 😉

2023-08-13 13:27:00

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I solved this one :)
What's your starting word?
Wordle Türkçe 785 3/6
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https://wordleturkce.bundle.app/

2023-07-23 23:56:00

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I'm on linux, but I thought spaces only works on mobile? Or am I wrong.

2023-07-23 02:40:47

Is there an easy way to stream a twitter space to nostr nests at the same time?

2023-07-18 05:00:55

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Ok, so what's he building on nostr?

2023-07-18 04:37:14

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It's a post of his from yesterday, on twitter, so yes, it's proof.

2023-07-18 04:16:57

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Yup
https://nostr.build/i/1b41e230db82f04f08c048787d23cff284823d28240e11b5128f3620ecedc00b.jpg

2023-07-18 04:10:18

It's funny because he's using twitter himself and building nothing on nostr
#nevent1q…cy4y

2023-07-18 03:59:40

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Well, it's a crappy experience. Never happened to me on legacy social media but had already 10 posts disappear on nostr, which is indistinguishable from being censored to user. In this state, it's impossible to recommend without looking like an idiot.

2023-07-18 03:49:42

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Yeah, no idea. I've enabled writing to it just now.

2023-07-18 03:47:59

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Just checked. The notes don't show up there. It's 2 missing notes today alone, both posted 2-3h ago.

2023-07-18 03:45:15

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Thx, done

2023-07-18 03:42:50

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Maybe because I'm a nostr noob and I have little time to change that

2023-07-18 03:40:35

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Removed some with little to no activity, but frankly I have no clue how to pick relays and I've little interest in learning how to do it. I just want to see posts of people I follow. Isn't it possible that my client checks where my network posts and subscribes there automatically?

2023-07-18 03:29:52

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What's the best way to share relays?

2023-07-18 03:27:33

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My relays should be visible publicly on my profile, no?

2023-07-18 03:22:47

So far I've had multiple (6-7) notes disappear on nostr. First they showed up, minutes later they were gone, not showing up in my profile, on various clients. One of them was a long form post that I had typed for 20 minutes.
Frustrating to say the least.

2023-07-16 01:32:39

Saifrdean interview with John Dennehy (Mi Primer Bitcoin) - great insights and perspectives about bitcoin in El Salvador
https://fountain.fm/episode/6aum2LvnlWBC85VOLbvH

2023-07-16 01:28:24

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And go to prison? Hard pass

2023-07-16 01:22:57

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As a custodial service and regulated entity, there's not much they can do. Depending on where they're regulated, they might be able to allow certain limits without requiring full kyc.

2023-07-16 01:00:47

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Anything to support this claim? Seems made up to me.

2023-07-16 00:59:33

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Lightning txs, too? Are their fees explained somewhere?

2023-07-16 00:36:00

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Do you want more is one of the greatest albums ever

2023-07-12 00:57:15

This is the biggest update to Lightning in a long time, if not to date. Acinq & phoenix continue to push limits on the bleeding edge of Lightning, enabling unified balance and all but removing the distinction between on and off-chain for end users.
https://acinq.co/blog/phoenix-splicing-update

2023-07-02 21:21:39

Bitcoin has some interesting commonality with tradition of kungfu. At minimum, both are a technique for common people to resist oppression / repression.

2023-06-17 03:02:44

Amethyst feeling better and better. Videos and images loading nicely.
Probably the single biggest thing that's missing for me is finding tweets and users with search. Hard problem to solve?

2023-05-03 21:39:39

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Good advice, never gets old, always works. More people should embrace it, especially said leaders.

2023-05-03 21:19:20

Today, I'm bearish on the entire bitcoin space (for the first time ever)
Bitcoin is fine, nothing changed, but it seems I attributed a lot more intelligence to the leaders in this space than they deserve. "Leaders?" you may ask. Yes, there are no leaders in bitcoin, but there are in the Bitcoin Space, and I gave them way more credit than they deserve. Don't get fooled by fancy marketing friends. Keep your bullshit detectors fine-tuned and don't delude yourself with wishful thinking.

2023-05-03 20:52:47

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Guess that was a bug in the amethyst image uploader

2023-04-27 01:39:23

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First socratic seminar at Istanbul Bitcoin Meetup took place tonight. Big success. Looking forward to the next one
#nevent1q…w7ym

2023-04-13 01:48:45

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But then there's no public social engagement for the content which is a factor in the decision to pay to unlock. If 1000s of people unlock and write positive comment, it attracts more people

2023-04-13 01:43:40

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Could create throwaway pubkeys for naughty stuff consumption?

2023-04-12 12:26:39

Are there any ideas for paywalled content on nostr? I imagine it could be a feature that's relevant for adult content creators e.g. a photo that's only revealed when paid for.

2023-04-10 00:02:52

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Cryptocurrency, AI and sliced bread are really a gamechanger, right?

2023-04-09 16:15:07

We're getting to a point where developments in bitcoin script, Lightning and nostr will culminate in something new that can negate the choking of p2p bitcoin markets. Exciting times.

2023-04-08 02:01:50

Twitter's latest Nostr campaign
https://i.imgur.com/UC5MzqN.jpg

2023-04-03 18:26:21

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It did so by presenting the antidote
#[0]

2023-03-29 00:08:19

Testing Plebstr after update. Was broken when I 1st tried, now ok. UI feels good and clean generally. Dark mode available. Zap settings are great, allows setting of default LN wallet. I'll keep an eye on future updates for sure

2023-03-26 23:26:25

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Adopting Bitcoin is on November 7-9 this year!

2023-03-21 22:47:42

GM #[0]

2023-03-21 22:26:06

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It was titled "NIPs IRL" so ...uhm... was this just a titty joke?

2023-03-21 22:24:47

I appreciate all panelists on the all-female panel at nostrica. The contributions and perpectives were great and valuable.
But not a single NIP was discussed. Wtf?

2023-03-21 00:19:14

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Livestream is helping big time. Thanks to whoever set it up. Great AV quality

2023-03-21 00:17:53

Kicked back, watching Nostrica livestream, such great conversations. Massive fomo

2023-03-20 00:42:54

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No lies detected
#[0]

2023-03-15 00:00:57

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As with all new technology: good for those that can adapt to the new environment, bad for those that can't.

2023-03-07 13:03:59

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Exactly 💯
#[1]

2023-03-07 10:12:37

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💯

2023-03-06 23:58:21

If merchants could easily sell bitcoin over the counter for cash, it would
- add new revenue stream (small commission for sale)
- bring new customers who want to buy bitcoin
- incentivize merchant to accept bitcoin for goods & services (replenishing bitcoin stock)
- offer kyc-free bitcoin to customers
- make bitcoin more easily accessible in more areas
Anything else?

2023-03-04 00:03:07

If you were curious to learn about what we do at Galoy and the stuff we work on, my amazing team mate and friend Andrew went on a 4h rip with DJ Satoshi on the legacy bird app
https://twitter.com/agbegin/status/1631650204557377536

2023-03-03 02:47:58

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Sure, there's nothing wrong with it except the idea that sats are changing custody or moving through Lightning channels when most zaps happen

2023-03-03 02:41:32

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When a user at custodian A zaps another user at custodian A, no sats are travelling. Not an inch. All sats stay exactly where they are.

2023-03-03 02:38:53

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Most zappers use the same custodian to zap so when they zap each other that's just a database change 🤷‍♂️

2023-03-03 02:32:32

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I'm talking about WOS to WOS zaps that are just a database change.

2023-03-03 02:31:22

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There is no way to know because it's closed source, but I'm faaiiirly sure that's how they do it because that's also how the open source Bitcoin Beach Wallet does it (and any LN custodian software who knows what they are doing)

2023-03-03 02:28:33

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Not necessarily because of custodial wallet but because of same custodian.

2023-03-03 02:27:49

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Yes